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Kerrin of MyKugelhopf blog shares her latest adventure: Baden-Baden, Germany for baths, beer, Black Forest cake and bretzels.Talk about alliteration: my latest adventure was to Baden-Baden in Germany’s Black Forest for the thermal baths, beer, Black Forest cake and bretzels galore!
South Germany’s Black Forest was surprisingly close to Zürich, just an hour and a half north of here. This deep green woodland area stretches north from Basel in Switzerland for about 160 kilometres up to Pforzheim in Southwest Germany, with its western edge at the Rhine, extending east for about 40 km. Our main destination was near the northern limits of the forest, in Baden-Baden. No, not to see Obama, Sarkozy and Merkel; yes, for the thermal baths! We stayed at family-run Hotel am Markt, a really great find (with a delicious and generous buffet breakfast) on a small, charming square, our window looking down at the Stiftskirche (Baden-Baden’s first parish church) and the Roman baths just a short walk away, along the pedestrian cobblestone streets. Normally a very peaceful spot too. That is, if there aren’t 500 police officers on the square; Obama happened to be arriving the very day we left, on that very square! If ever you find yourself in the city of NATO’s 60th anniversary, here’s a word of advice: don’t go anywhere without your passport as well as some paperwork from your hotel. I will admit feeling rather special though, being escorted to our hotel each time we came and went! The presence of police officers was truly impressive. We were almost the only two people in the city not in Germany’s green police uniforms.
But back to those baths… Baden-Baden is the ultimate spa town; the name itself, baden, means bath in German. People come here to spend hours in the thermal baths, the healing waters coming straight from the mountains; natural springs rising from depths of around 2000 metres.
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